SPS's First Gaming Rig *UPDATE*

[SPS]

Hi everyone I am new to this forum, so I thought I would share pictures of my first PC build.

Thoughts are appreciated

Sorry for the badly taken pictures and the poor cable management, found it quite hard to do in this case and it's my first time

Specs:

Antec 1200 case

Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX

AMD Phenom x6 1090t @ 4.01GHz

Noctua NH-D14

8GB G.Skill Ripjaws DDR3 1333MHz

XFX HD 6950 2GB

2TB WD Black

640GB WD Blue

Antec CP850W Modular PSU

Windows 7 Professional x64

::UPDATE::

Upgrade: Noctua NH-D14

This beast has allowed me to get a nice 4.01GHz overclock, with help from dugdiamond and especially The Protocol. Very happy

PS I finally bought some cable ties, so all those loose cables are going to get tidied up

 

[dugdiamond]

very nice

i was almost tempted on getting a antec1200 when they first came out - but i have just realised that there aint much room in them!!!

if you need any help getting 3.8GHz+ from your 1090t, give us a shout

 

[SPS]

very nice

i was almost tempted on getting a antec1200 when they first came out - but i have just realised that there aint much room in them!!!

if you need any help getting 3.8GHz+ from your 1090t, give us a shout

Thanks

And when I get the Noctua cooler I will do, it will be my first time overclocking. Any help is greatly appreciated

 

[Matthias2437]

Very nice rig man, not bad at all for a first rig!, I rolled with the 1200 when it first game out and dug it while I used it.

 

[SPS]

Thanks a lot man

dug it while I used it.

What did you mean to say here? I dont understand sorry

 

[daniSAUR]

What did you mean to say here? I dont understand sorry

I'm guessing at the time he was "digging" the case. You dig?

Nice specs dude, that PSU looks enormous.

 

[SPS]

I'm guessing at the time he was "digging" the case. You dig?

Nice specs dude, that PSU looks enormous.

Ahh yes haha.

Yeah that PSU is huge it can only fit in a few Antec cases (so it says) so I thought I would try it out

 

[daniSAUR]

It's huge! And is that a 120mm fan stuck onto it also?

At least it'll be nicely cooled in that case. I'm liking the lighting with the top fans. Makes that 3rd image a scene out of Batman's bat cave.

 

[SPS]

Yeah so I've got direct airflow along the bottom of the case

Might see if I can get some red led fans maybe with some red braided cables, although it was hard enough routing the psu as it was because of the already long cables.

Can't wait to get that stock AMD fan off though!

 

[sg12004]

nice rig

 

[KTCRITCH]

Just work on the cable management a tiny little bit and get a new heatsink. Stock cooling is a no no! But you have an excellent choice in hardware!

 

[SPS]

Just work on the cable management a tiny little bit and get a new heatsink. Stock cooling is a no no! But you have an excellent choice in hardware!

Argh the wizard of cable management has stumbled across my post, I have dreaded this day

Yeah I know it looks bad, looks a lot better in person but I found it quite hard in this case probably not the best out there for it.

I will continue to try and improve though

Soon as I've got the funds that stock cooler is GOING haha.

 

[KTCRITCH]

Argh the wizard of cable management has stumbled across my post, I have dreaded this day

Yeah I know it looks bad, looks a lot better in person but I found it quite hard in this case probably not the best out there for it.

I will continue to try and improve though

Soon as I've got the funds that stock cooler is GOING haha.

Your efforts please me. My advice is to take whatever cables you don't use and route them to a blank area, straighten them out, fold them if you wish. Cable tie them, and tie them to the punchouts that are available, and if there are none, you can simply just lay the case down on the open side showing your hardware and to work at the cables in a table like fashion. And push down the cables in a neat area. And once all the cables in the back are packed fittingly. Place the side panel on top and put in the thumbscrews. And if you have any cables near hardware, just disguise them or route them along side of things to make them invisible. And if you have a lot of wire, wrap it around what its coming from and see if you can reach the connector.

hope this helps.

 

[SPS]

Your efforts please me. My advice is to take whatever cables you don't use and route them to a blank area, straighten them out, fold them if you wish. Cable tie them, and tie them to the punchouts that are available, and if there are none, you can simply just lay the case down on the open side showing your hardware and to work at the cables in a table like fashion. And push down the cables in a neat area. And once all the cables in the back are packed fittingly. Place the side panel on top and put in the thumbscrews. And if you have any cables near hardware, just disguise them or route them along side of things to make them invisible. And if you have a lot of wire, wrap it around what its coming from and see if you can reach the connector.

hope this helps.

Thanks of the advice, I shall get some cable ties and have another blast

 

[rwiuviberwVFIUBER]

Jesus, that's a lot of headroom

Nice looking build, love the red and black themes with a black interoir

 

[SPS]

Jesus, that's a lot of headroom

Nice looking build, love the red and black themes with a black interoir

Cheers

Tall case haha, Yeah I like it as well, although the leds are blue so I might have to change them, not sure yet

 

[SPS]

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[blair]

what temps do you get on your NB

 

[SPS]

what temps do you get on your NB

40-45c (Warm day)

I see that you have similar hardware and OC as me, what volts have you got on that?

 

[AMDFTW]

nice rig mate